309 
Ploceidse of the Ethiopian Region. 
Munia fringilloides , Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 453. 
Amaurestes fringilloides } Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 86, 
pi. 44. fig. 322. 
Spermestes fringilloides , Oust. Nouv. Arch, du Mus. 1879, 
p. 112. 
Hab. E. and W. Afr. : Zanzibar Province, Mosambique, 
Gaboon, Liberia, and Senegambia. 
a . April, Zanzibar [Shelley Mus.). 
12. Spermestes cucullatus. 
Spermestes cucullatus , Swains. B. W. Afr. i. 1837, p. 201, 
Afr .; Mull. Descr. Nouv. Ois. Afr. 1854, part iv. pi. 16. 
Loxia prasipteron, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 104, Senegal. 
Amadina cucullata, Sundev. CEfv. K. Vet.-Ak. Eorh. 
Stockh. 1849, p. 159. 
Coccothraustes scutatus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. 1856, p. 39. 
no. 388, N.E. Afr. 
Spermestes scutatus , Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 18. 
Amadina , sp. ?, Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 321, Sbupanga, on 
Zambesi. 
Estrelda cucullata , Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 46. 
Hab. The whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat., and 
the Comoro Islands. 
a. August, Rimo, N.E. Afr. b , c. October and Novem¬ 
ber, Durban, d. April, Accra. e,f. February and March, 
Cape-Coast Castle, g. April, Elmira ( Shelley Mus.). 
13. Spermestes rueodorsalis. 
Spermestes rufodor satis. Peters, J. f. O. 1863, p. 401, In- 
hambani. 
Amadina punctipennis , Bianc. Spec. Zool. Mosamb. fasc. 
xviii. 1867, p. 325, pi. 4. fig. 1. 
Hab. E. and S. Afr., east coast from Lamu to Inhambani. 
14. Spermestes poensis. 
Amadina poensis , Fraser, P. Z. S/1842, p. 145, Fernando 
Po; id. Zool. Typ. pi. 50. fig. 1. 
Spermestes poensis, Bp. Consp. i. 1850, p. 454. 
Hab. W. Afr., Congo to Gaboon and Fernando Po. Pro¬ 
bably entirely replaced by S. bicolor north of the Equator. 
